Well, I couldn't pick a team. One of my fave Olympic women rowers is a coach at Texas--Carrie Graves. We used to row in Austin during spring break to get in some early water time. My SIL was born in Texas.

I have no Bama connections to speak of. I have visited the studios and monastery in Birmingham a few times. But no U connections.

I suppose I should choose SEC loyalties.

I dunno.

I have had the game on in the background while I'm in another room--and it looks like the tide is rolling all over the horns. Unless there's a 4th quarter miracle....

I hope that young man isn't seriously hurt.

Freshman players...OMG HS to Rose Bowl in one year. Can you imagine?

Iowa won the Orange Bowl! My alma mater. I am still happy about that. Just had to mention it again.

Bad snowstorm with cold temps blowing through--work closed early today and I just found out we're closed tomorrow too. Yeay! A free day off. After having two solid weeks off for the holidays. I haven't worked a full week yet, though I did work until 9 pm last night--took that long to take care of the students that signed in by 6 and wanted to stay and be served. Two elected to come back today with priority sign in to see e, since they've already waited. Makes things difficult for the receptionist--perceived apparent unfairness or cutting, but I explained things and smoothed over people's feelings. My lines are short, but take forever, because I untangle complicated situations. It takes a long time with each student. I hate that they get stuck waiting so long, but I serve them cheerfully and thoroughly once they get back to me. That's why I'm the go-to gal. I work out creative solutions and overcome red tape and help the academically vulnerable turn things around and become successful and I'm a transfer guru and I am a veterans benefits guru and I am just a guru in general. I rawk.

But it's nice to have a bonus day, still. I love my job and I love the occasional snow day. Leisure is a foretaste of heaven.

No alarm clocks in heaven.

If there are, there also better be guns so I can shoot the damned alarm clock. LOL

"Hey, is that your son John Althouse Cohen? Because it doesn't look like Chris. They're both hot, though, right Palladian?"

They are both attractive young men, though I'm partial to Christopher as he doesn't come across as an unpleasantly snarky, privileged young lefty the way JAC sometimes does. But I forgive JAC of that, as he's a straight boy and the chicks dig that sort of thing. At least the kind of chicks he probably runs across.

Okay, this is off topic but since this is a law professor's blog, and this thread has included football as a topic, there's some coherence to my post.

The quarterback of the professional football team in my general area has an opinion piece in the Washington Post, regarding a case before the Supremes.

I don't know much about the issue, but as a Saints partisan I swell with pride at Drew Brees' mostly readable prose, including correct usage of the two "my fellow players and [personal pronoun]" constructs. Yay for Breesus; he's no Bolenciecwcz, but who is, really?